{"id":3119,"date":"2024-10-17T16:42:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T16:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/?p=3119"},"modified":"2024-11-27T13:50:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T13:50:30","slug":"bibb-county-commissioners-approved-a-deal-with-warren-associates-inc-to-renovate-lake-tobesofkees-campgrounds-in-macon-ga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/bibb-county-commissioners-approved-a-deal-with-warren-associates-inc-to-renovate-lake-tobesofkees-campgrounds-in-macon-ga\/","title":{"rendered":"Bibb County Commissioners Approved a Deal with Warren Associates Inc. to Renovate Lake Tobesofkee&#8217;s Campgrounds in Macon, GA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<figure style=\"width: 554px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ilovervlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Lake-Tobosofkee-Recreation-Area-1080.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"312\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lake Tobesofkee Recreation Area<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Bibb County commissioners approved a nearly $600,000 dollar deal with Warren Associates Inc. to renovate Lake Tobesofkee&#8217;s campgrounds at Tuesday&#8217;s commission meeting.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">These additions will be funded by county SPLOST funds and will focus on tuning up campsites in Arrowhead Park and Claystone Park.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In July, commissioners met to discuss a separate $23 million dollar renovation plan with Lovejoy capital focused on &#8220;glamping&#8221; in the Duck Pond area.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Don Renow has been coming to Lake Tobesofkee since he was a kid. He says it was always his dream to cruise out on the water in his own boat.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8220;This is the only lake that I boat on, so I know it pretty well,&#8221; Renow said. &#8220;You know docking here&#8230;[it] definitely could use some improvements here so I&#8217;m happy to hear about that.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Since he restored his 1998 Bayliner Capri 3 years ago, Renow has had a boatload of fun cruising out on the water.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8220;The overall look of the lake is way different today than it was back then,&#8221; Renow said. &#8220;It&#8217;s still my familiar home lake, but it has changed a lot.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Despite the changes, he sees room for more improvement.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8220;It would help if all the docks had docking cleats, and at least one dock could be 10 feet longer out like bigger boats like mine,&#8221; Renow said. &#8220;But also if they had courtesy docks where people could load on the boat without blocking the boat ramps, that would be great also.&#8221; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Arrowhead will receive 6 new docks, while Claystone will receive 3.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Warren Associates will rebuild RV parking areas in both parks and restore water and electrical access around the campsite. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The company will also install 103 new picnic tables and benches. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Renow says the improvements are needed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8220;This is one of the hidden treasures in Macon&#8230; especially boating, but there&#8217;s also camping on the other side over here,&#8221; Renow said. There&#8217;s a lot of things that could be done here. Investing in this, it&#8217;s definitely needed and I think it&#8217;s a value.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">There is no confirmed timeline yet for the campground changes.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Commissioners are still accepting bids for that July proposal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/money\/realestate\/600k-worth-of-renovations-coming-to-lake-tobesofkee-see-how-they-will-be-funded\/ar-AA1slbhF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Source<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bibb County commissioners approved a nearly $600,000 dollar deal with Warren Associates Inc. to renovate Lake Tobesofkee&#8217;s campgrounds at Tuesday&#8217;s commission meeting. These additions will be funded by county SPLOST funds and will focus on tuning up campsites in Arrowhead Park and Claystone Park. In July, commissioners met to discuss a separate $23 million dollar renovation plan with Lovejoy capital focused on &#8220;glamping&#8221; in the Duck Pond area.\u00a0 Don Renow has been coming to Lake Tobesofkee since he was a kid. He says it was always his dream to cruise&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3121,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3119\/revisions\/3121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}